"To be clear: we are currently negotiating only about 38 severely wounded (bedridden) fighters. We work step by step. We will exchange 38, then we will move on. There are currently no talks on the exchange of 500 or 600 people, which is being reported by some media outlets," she said.
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She asked others to stop speculating about the process.
"I beg you. It's about people's lives. Refrain from public comments about what you do not know," she said.